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    Bloody Sunday trial hears legal arguments over soldiers’ statements

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    By Julian O’neill

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    Bloody Sunday trial hears legal arguments over soldiers' statements

    The decision to charge Soldier F was taken by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) in 2019.

    He was one of 18 former soldiers reported to the PPS as a result of a police investigation, which followed the public inquiry into Bloody Sunday conducted by Lord Saville.

    But he was the only one charged.

    Two years later, the PPS dropped the case after the collapse of the trial of two other veterans who had been accused of a 1972 murder in Belfast.

    But the prosecution resumed in 2022 after a legal challenge.

    The key evidence in the Soldier F case is statements given by other soldiers at the time of Bloody Sunday.

    The trial judge is likely to decide at an early stage if they are admissible.

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